I was recently off-roading with my 2004 discovery at a site near me when we encountered a large mud puddle, no deeper than a foot the whole way across.Naturally, i proceeded through it once without any problems. However, on my second trip into the puddle, about halfway through it, the entire car shut down. Engine off, everything. It immediately restarted without any problem, but the incident had me worried. Any ideas on what could have caused it, or better still, how to fix it?

 

antichrist man damn son of a mah harabi

could have just stalled was there heavy acceleration or braking involved?

 

I wont deny that i had some speed, but at that particular moment i was just holding it, so as to not dig myself any holes or lose momentum...

 

Any check engine lights?
I might expect that from a D1 if the ecu got wet but not from a D2.

 

I wouldnt worry about it.
Next time though go through water slow, enter from a stop and then speed up to a nice slow steady pace.

 

slow and steady esp. when waters involved either that or buy a tdi

 

there was an engine light that came on, but only later in the evening, and that shut off in a day or two of regular driving.

 

Why after having the engine shut down, would you drive with a check engine light on and not check it??????????????

 

dont worry! I did! The check engine came back running two codes. One was a faulty seal on the gas cap, no big deal. And the other was the fact that transmition was having issues with fourth gear, which i had known for some time previous to the incident, and the engine was not revved nearly that high. In other words, neither seemed prudent to why the engine would suddenly just die, but have no trouble on the restart. The more i think about it though, i like the idea that it was a simple stall from over exertion.

 

So, lets get more specific. What were the exact fault codes, cause there isn't one for the gas cap and I know why the 734 fault code is there.